The directors on this list have gone well and beyond the ordinary, creating some of the best films cinema has ever seen.

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Paul Thomas Anderson has been named the best director of 2025 for "One Battle After Another" at the Directors Guild Awards, which took place in Beverly Hills on Saturday. Anderson went into the night ...

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In an impressive career that includes No Other Choice, The Handmaiden, and Oldboy, somehow, no Park Chan-wook film has ...

The award adds to a virtual awards-season sweep for “One Battle After Another,” which has won with critics groups, the Gotham Awards and the Golden Globes.